When Stephen Billings Wright was born on 19 February 1788, in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Carmi Wright, was 35 and his mother, Eunice Cooley, was 25. He married Hannah Kellogg on 2 January 1814, in Adams, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 55 years. He died on 23 December 1879, in Adams, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Adams Rural Cemetery, Adams, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
Historical Boundaries 1805: Jefferson, New York, United States
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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